Updated Photo Management App Peakto Uses AI to Help Photographers

Jul 25, 2024

Jeremy Gray

A screenshot of a photo management application shows various organizational features. Categories such as "Water & Underwater” and “Portrait” are highlighted. Images, including a girl in pink on roller skates, a swimmer, and a smiley face icon, are visible, with dates and a histogram of photos from 4 Mar 2022 to 5 Apr 2023.

Cyme, creator of the AI-powered photo management software, Peakto, has released Peakto 2.0, a significant update with many powerful new features.

“This latest iteration sets new benchmarks in the photo industry, offering unparalleled features designed to enhance photographers experience and productivity,” Cyme promises.

For those unfamiliar with Peakto, it is, at its core, a photo management application. The app uses artificial intelligence to analyze, label, and organize a user’s photos, even when spread across multiple apps, including Lightroom, Capture One, PhotoLab, or Apple Photos. Users can search by reference image or text keywords — Peakto automatically applies keywords and tags (things like sunset, landscape, portrait, happy, diving, sports, etc.) to ingested images. Further, the AI analysis is performed locally.

Peakto can also read all relevant metadata and EXIF data from images, so photographers can learn more about their preferences and behaviors, including what lenses they use most, what colors they shoot, what sort of aesthetics they like, and more.

Among the new features in Peakto 2.0 is AI-boosted facial recognition. This will instantly tag people in batches of photos using “a private AI.” Existing annotated facial data can also be retried from Adobe Lightroom and Apple Photos. Peakto organizes photos across many connected photo editing apps, including Lightroom, Photos, Luminar Neo, Capture One, ON1 Photo RAW, Pixelmator Pro, DxO PhotoLab and PureRAW, and more.

Peakto also includes AI image categorization. With version 2.0, there’s a new dynamic interactive timeline that allows users to scroll through all their images using a visual calendar. Users can view everything or dial in specific data ranges using the time chart.

A digital interface showcasing various AI-based photo search and analysis features. Icons include a padlock, magnifying glass, and various photos. Text highlights features like local AI analysis, similar photo search, keyword-based search, face search, and automatic tagging.

The app also includes a streamlined user interface that promises to make finding the right photo or video easier. The photo preview and EXIF information panels are now detachable, making it easier to establish a customized workspace and workflow. Peakto 2.0 promises more advanced filtering capabilities, too.

“Peakto 2.0 represents Cyme’s commitment to innovation and user-centric design, providing professionals and enthusiasts alike with powerful tools to manage and explore their digital assets,” explains Matthieu Kopp, Cyme co-founder and CTO.

Peakto is only available for macOS and is optimized for Apple Silicon. It is available via subscription or with a lifetime license. Subscriptions start at $9.99 per month, although discounts are available when subscriptions are purchased in one or two-year increments. The lifetime license is $189 but only includes free updates for 12 months. Complete purchasing details are available on Peakto’s website, and Peakto is also available on the Mac App Store. There is also a seven-day free trial available.

Image credits: Cyme